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Just Wondering

On 3/20/2014 5:49 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:31:37 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

wrote:
woodchucker wrote:

Arm yourselves, and start stocking food... lol...
The reality is, I'm not sure I want to live in a world that will totally
void of civility and have lots of mayhem.

Living off the land might be an option, but I think there will be so
many people that raid your crops, you won't have enough ammo.

Stock ammo, instead of food. Trade it for food. It will be the new
gold.

If there was a collapse of that magnitude, and I had a supply of
ammunition large enough to use for currency, I don't think I'd want to
advertise that fact by using it for currency. If it became common
knowledge that I was sitting on a huge ammo dump, that might make me an
even bigger target for marauding gangs.

Would you advertise that you had a few tons of gold in your basement,
now?

If there is a collapse large enough that you'd have to stockpile that
much food, might just as well hang it up anyway. You *will* need the
ammo in either case.

I don't dispute that under such a scenario a survivor would need a
substantial ammo supply. I'm just questioning the wisdom of advertising
that fact. You'd probably be better off gathering together a group of
like-minded people you could trust, pool your resources, and work
together for your mutual protection and survival. Maybe then the group
could use ammo for trade. But I thing an individual trying the same
thing would wind up screwing himself.